Block Paving a Drive
construction diary

Before and after photos:

Before & after photos of block paving a driveway.
The new block paved drive created additional parking space at the property. The block paving project involved all of the following property services: Excavating/digging, building & block paving.

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The house and old frontage with lawn, tarmac drive & metal manhole/drain cover	The original lawn and drive marked out to indicate the shape of the new block paved drive
Digging out the old tarmac drive and lawn	The prepared ground
Compacting the hardcore	Marking out the pattern over a layer of sand
Starting to lay the blocks	The block paving laying pattern worked around the property's existing drainage
Edging stones were used to separate the newly block paved drive from the remaining shrubbery area	A view over the newly block paved drive from the house
The completed block paving	The presence of the manhole was disguised by using a recessed tray cover containing matching blocks to blend in with the rest of the block paved drive
The drainage channel to allow rainwater run off	The block paving was continued around the house to create a matching pathway

The HD Property Services team on this
block paved driveway project included:

Digger
Builder
Brick Layer/Block Paver

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